The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
PRES. MADDEN ON WATER,
AND ON WATERWORKS PRO-
JECTOR BULLOCK,
He Alse has Something to Say about
the ExteI sion OF the City
Limits.

An APPEAL commissioner dropped
in on President Hsdden at the City
Hall yesterday afternoon and found
that gentleman ia excellent and "a ka-
tive humor. Toe President, in re-
ierring to the water works question,
said, he, personally, was in favor OF
csrrying the report of the citizens
committee into effect, but he did not
believe in driving anybody away who
had any proposition to make as to
water works. By meeting with and
listening t. these gentlemen, some
thing valuable as TO the subject matter
could pc lsibly be learned by the city
authorities and cit zans generally.
A bill embracing the recommends
TORS in the Citizens Committee re-
port IS TO water works had already
b.en prepared by the City Attorney,
and had been submitted 10 several
leading sns-John 0verton, jr,
DR.. D. +. Porter and others a
view 10 get them to consider il and
make such recommendation as may
seem to them necessary and proper in
the premises. Ultimately the bill
would be acted upon by the Legsla-
tive Council, and then sent 10 Nash
vile for legislative action.
Upon the reporter suggesting that
he would like 10 publish the proposed
bi in the APPEAL of Sunday, so that
the public generally could view and
review il, the President laughed and
said: "No, the papers will get it after
the Legislative Council has &C ed upon
it and when it is ready 10 be sent to
Nashville"
EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS.
When questioned as to the proposed
tx ension OF the city limits, 50 as to
take in a portion OF the county OF
Shelby, to line, say four miles from
the present city or Taxing District
boundary, President Hadden replied
that the prop osition seemed to gain in
favor with residents not only of the
city, but residents OF the territory
which was sought to be embraced by
the scheme.
He said that the county collected
$l90,0C0 per snnum from the city in
county tsxts, ara the only thing the
city got in return was portion OF that
amount spent in keeping up the
courts. He believed the city was
Justly entitled to the entire amount
and could take care OF the courts
equally as well and keep them up at a
mora reasonable figure than the
county, and the surplus could be used
for other city purposes, for streets,
aa-aea ato tt Tho o;tu bod khaf
100000 it could Iun the courts and
have plenty left for many other things.
THE COURTHOUSE WAR.
"Now," said President MADDEN, 81
am glad that l am out of the County
Courthouse Building since trouble has
commenced about couitrooms, because
some one might have crowded my
quarters and then there would have
beenItrouble. anticipated something
Of this kind, and therefore came over
here to The City Hall where there are
no courts of concurrent or superior
jurisdiction. Iexpect they will have
TO refer the whole matter to me yet
for settlement" and the President
chuckled to himself over the idea of
the Police Court settling a great inter
hiSh-couft legal controversy.
"But l am going to leave for Nash
vile tomorrow evening" he said,
land when ] return 1 will attend to
all these matters as they present
themselves. The reporter wished
him pleasant j5urrey and wandered
down town in search OF other items of
importance to the public.